{"title":"Optimizing α-amylase Production from locally Isolated Aspergillus species Using Selected Agro Waste as Substrate","authors":"M. Abdulsalam","doi":"10.21786/bbrc/15.3.8","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The goal of this investigation was to see if it was possible to produce α-amylase from agricultural waste (groundnut shell). The strain (M1) identified as Aspergillus sp. exhibited the largest clearance zone (1.6 cm) and was used in fermentation studies. The activity of α-amylase increased after 24 hours of fermentation, peaked at 72.3 U/mL on day 5, and then began to decline. The effect of optimized environmental conditions studied using OFAT, and it was discovered that pH 6, inoculum size of 1 × 107 spores/mL, incubation period of 120 h, substrate concentration of 3 percent (w/v), and temperature of 35oC were the best for producing α-amylase from groundnut shell using Aspergillus sp. In a single fermentation, these optimum conditions were used, and the experiment yielded an optimum enzyme yield of 121.3 U/mL. This research shows that groundnut shell, a low-cost and commonly available waste, could be an ideal substrate for the manufacture of value-added products.","PeriodicalId":9156,"journal":{"name":"Bioscience Biotechnology Research Communications","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Bioscience Biotechnology Research Communications","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.21786/bbrc/15.3.8","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The goal of this investigation was to see if it was possible to produce α-amylase from agricultural waste (groundnut shell). The strain (M1) identified as Aspergillus sp. exhibited the largest clearance zone (1.6 cm) and was used in fermentation studies. The activity of α-amylase increased after 24 hours of fermentation, peaked at 72.3 U/mL on day 5, and then began to decline. The effect of optimized environmental conditions studied using OFAT, and it was discovered that pH 6, inoculum size of 1 × 107 spores/mL, incubation period of 120 h, substrate concentration of 3 percent (w/v), and temperature of 35oC were the best for producing α-amylase from groundnut shell using Aspergillus sp. In a single fermentation, these optimum conditions were used, and the experiment yielded an optimum enzyme yield of 121.3 U/mL. This research shows that groundnut shell, a low-cost and commonly available waste, could be an ideal substrate for the manufacture of value-added products.